What does know the score mean?

know the score means "be well-informed".

What is another word for know the score?

Close synonyms include be with it, be on the ball, know what's going on, know what's what. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is know the score a common word?

know the score is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Know the score — meaning and 4 synonyms

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
be well-informed
Synonymsbe with it be on the ball know what's going on know what's what
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What does know the score mean?: know the score means "be well-informed".
What is another word for know the score?: Close synonyms include be with it, be on the ball, know what's going on, know what's what. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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